The paper analyses apocalyptic eschatological manifestations in the writings of Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Matthew of Janow, and Jan Hus with regard to their emphasis on the role of preachers and persons working toward renewal at a time full of the activity of the Antichrist before the end of the world. As concerns Milíč and Janow, it also focuses on their elaboration of the medieval exegetic concept of preachers "in spiritu Enoch et Helie", and as concerns Hus, it follows the line of preceding authors and analyses his concept of preaching as such and resistance to ecclesiastical authority.
One if not the main fundamental problem of a Theology of the Old Testament is the coexistence of the historical tradition of Israel, represented by the Pentateuch, and the pre-exilic prophets within the canon because of the prophet’s abrogation of the “Heilsgeschichte” (I). How complex the interaction between the Pentateuch and the prophetic literature in their long lasting history may ever have been, the coexistence of a text like Gen 17 and Jer 31:31-34 points out the problem: is the covenant everlasting or broken, the covenant Israel’s every time presence or its future? (II) The Old Testament for itself gives no answer to this question. So far the Old Testament points beyond itself – in the author’s opinion to Paul’s concept of the dikaiosu,nh tou/ qeou/. This concept combines the proclamation of the fulfillment of the promise of the New Covenant for all people with the confirmation of Israel’s everlasting election (III). Both, the fulfillment of the promise Jer 31:31-34 and Israel’s final salvation, are standing under eschatological reservation. In this perspective the Old Testament is not only fundament of the New Testament, but in New Testament’s hope still alive. (IV)
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